Download Project Name: Interplay Capital Build : Planning, Design and Green

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Project Name: Interplay Capital Build : Planning, Design and Green Audit
Amount Applied for: £7,500 – Revenue or Capital
Lead Organisation: Interplay Theatre Trust
Project Summary:
Interplay Theatre Trust are a touring theatre company based in Armley. They also produce multisensory shows for children with profound learning disabilities and have a contract to provide an
industry based learning programme for local young people not in education, employment or
training. They are applying for a grant to start the process of transforming their building, an old
church hall, into a new creative arts space equipped for theatre and music performance, as well
as providing an improved facility for their work with young people excluded from school and young
people with disabilities. It will also provide a performance space for local artists, groups and
audiences.
Area Committee funding would be used for the planning phase of the project including design
team fees and green energy audit. It would provide match funding for grants from the Asda
Foundation and other trusts and public funds for the larger build costs.
The new facility will provide:
A performance space equipped for music, film and theatre performance (including a lighting rig,
PA system, balcony and ranked seating, staging and soundproofing).
A research and development facility to work with young people with sensory and learning
disabilities – creating intimate sensory environments and installations using lights and sound.
Connecting the different strands of Interplay’s work, currently their teaching space is separate
from the main hall and recording studio
A greener focus for the organisation, reducing their carbon footprint by investing in solar panels
and other green energy sources.
Then benefits of the new facility will be:
Working with more young people
Increasing their work with schools
Opening their doors for performances to local residents
Increase income
Improve the arts infrastructure in West Leeds by providing support and space to other
organisations.
The total cost of the project is around £1.2 million. An application has been submitted to the Arts
Council Capital Fund for £806,000 the outcome of which will be known in January.
Project Delivery
The planning stage will be overseen by Interplay staff who will appoint architects and an energy
assessor for this phase of the project.
Outcomes
The wider project outcomes are listed above. This funding will provide the organisation with a
detailed architect’s plan and green energy assessment to help them secure funding for the build.
Ward / Neighbourhood:
Armley
Project Cost & Financial Breakdown
Well-being project costs:
£5,500 – Architect fees
£2,000 – Green energy audit
Capital or Revenue funding can be used for this project